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Sunday, September 11, 2011

Using Embroidery Machine for Quilting

After stitching-in-the-ditch to stabilize the snowman quilt, I thought it would be nice to meander snowflakes all over the quilt around the snowmen.I looked for some help.I found Leah Day’s “icicle lights” which I like (freemotionquilting.blogspot.com )

but decided I wanted something larger and a variety of shapes and sizes.Then I had the idea to use my embroidery machine for quilting.I have seen others do this and my embroidery machine does not get used enough.I have several snowflake designs.I made a fat quarter size quilt sandwich to test designs.I knew they had to be open and not dense.Here are a few I tried. A couple were too dense.

I picked 3 I really like ( a variety of sizes and types) and started on the actual quilt.

You can see them better on the back.

This photo is from the front. I still want to do many more of all 3 kinds.

1 comment:

How did you get the quilt top secure on the embroidery hoop? I have thought about exactly what you are doing and didn't try it because I didn't know how to secure the quilt. Lovely snowflakes and what a perfect accent to your quilt!